Silchar, Jan. 25 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the state government was deliberately issuing notices related to the Special Revision (SR) of electoral rolls and citizenship verification to members of the Miya (non-indigenous) Muslim community, asserting that the move was meant to keep "pressure" on them. Speaking at a public event, Sarma said that no such notices were being served to Hindus or Assamese Muslims. "Only Miya Muslims are getting SR notices, and it is intentional," he said. "If we do not do this, they will try to sit on our heads. I am openly saying that we will keep disturbing them as long as we are in power. Assamese people will not remain silent spectators anymore," Sarma further said. The chief minister has repeatedly claimed that around 40% of Assam's population consists of illegal migrants, mostly from Bangladesh, and has maintained that the upcoming national census would officially establish the figure. The BJP-led government has, over the past few years, intensified measures such as eviction drives, citizenship verification exercises and electoral roll revisions, projecting them as necessary steps to protect Assam's indigenous identity and resources....